Grammatical Revolution

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Grammatical Revolution
Grits Grammatical Revolution.jpg
Studio album by
GRITS
ReleasedMay 18, 1999
Genre Christian hip hop, alternative hip hop, Southern hip hop
Label Gotee
Producer Ric "DJ Form" Robbins, Incorporated Elements, Otto Price
GRITS chronology
Factors of the Seven
(1998)		Grammatical Revolution
(1999)		 The Art of Translation
(2002)

GRITS's album Grammatical Revolution was released in 1999 on Gotee Records. The song "They All Fall Down" won a Dove Award for "Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song" in 2000. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Awarding the album three stars for AllMusic, Steve Huey writes, "With each successive album, Grits continue to improve their production, arranging, and rhyming skills; Grammatical Revolution is their most accomplished recording yet, and does the most effective job of getting the duo's spiritual message across." [2] Mike Rimmer, giving the album a ten from Cross Rhythms, states, "Judging from the band's performance on this album, Christian hip hop has the chops to take on the world. This is as good as anything out there! Be inspired and join the grammatical revolution!" [3] Rating the album three stars at Jesus Freak Hideout, Kevin Hoskins says, "Grits put out a very solid album." [4]

Track listing

  1. "Lil' Man Intro"
  2. "Ima Showem"
  3. "They All Fall Down"
  4. "Strugglin" (featuring Knowdaverbs, Enormous and Jason Eskridge)
  5. "C2K" (featuring Knowdaverbs)
  6. "Time Is Passing"
  7. "Supreme Being"
  8. "Man's Soul"
  9. "Count Bass D [A Reading From]"
  10. "Soundcheck"
  11. "Stop Bitin'"
  12. "It Takes Love" (featuring Out of Eden)
  13. "Return of the Antagonist"
  14. "I Still Know What You Bit Last Summer"
  15. "Millennium"
  16. "The End" (featuring Out of Eden)

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References

  1. ↑ "Dove Award Recipients for 2000" Archived 2006-10-20 at the Wayback Machine . Published by the Gospel Music Association. Retrieved Jan 8, 2007.
  2. 1 2 Huey, Steve. "Grammatical Revolution - Grits". AllMusic . Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Rimmer, Mike (August 1, 1999). "Review: Grammatical Revolution - Grits". Cross Rhythms . Retrieved February 2, 2016.
  4. 1 2 Hoskins, Kevin (September 20, 2007). "Grits, "Grammatical Revolution" Review". Jesus Freak Hideout. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
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